'Robot Dreams': Sweet and melancholy and summerish despite taking place in multiple seasons. Surprisingly easy to have a really different time with it than the person sitting next to you. (The person sitting next to me was under ten, so that's helpful.) nytimes.com/2024/05/30/mov…

A southwest Denver restaurant from the Jelly owner closed shortly after opening. Some neighbors say it wasn't a cultural or financial fit, while other neighbors — and developers — expect that change is coming one way or another. denverite.com/2024/06/17/har…

Colorado passed an AI law intended to protect people from baked-in discrimination in certain cases, including those we already likely see widely today, but doesn't take effect until 2026. The Gov. is worried about it slowing industry development. cpr.org/2024/06/17/col…

This is the best #Denver trash heroes get a beer named in their honor denverite.com/2024/06/19/loc…

Very cool Outlier Media is on Bluesky work using human reporting & AI to experiment with new possibilities for community journalism in Detroit: medium.com/american-journ…

Douglas County, Colorado, home to (a few) very water-efficient homes. The Colorado Sun: coloradosun.com/2024/11/24/col…

Update from Nathaniel Minor on the inconvenient, banana-shaped plot of #Denver land that is the subject of perpetual curiosity and hope for people looking to solve a #transit, #housing or other issue in this city. denverite.com/2024/11/25/den…

What's a few tens of millions of dollars between old friends? Always interesting following the municipal funding of pro sports venues — here's Signal Cleveland's Nick Castele following his city council's reaction to a $20M repair bill signalcleveland.org/cleveland-city…

Amazing. "After reading the The Marshall Project – Cleveland article, Pretel said he and other top deputies toured numerous jails in Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee to learn about how the facilities offer reentry services." signalcleveland.org/cuyahoga-count…

So many gift guides are kind of a bummer (and a slog to produce, I happen to know). But I like this guide from Boyle Heights Beat in LA. Just send me out into the world with some context and love for local shops: boyleheightsbeat.com/9-places-to-sh…

X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts — 404Media: 404media.co/xs-objection-t…

Updates from the Aurora apartment building that got national attention when the president-elect spoke at a luxury convention hotel elsewhere in the city — via Andrew Kenney: denverite.com/2024/11/27/aur…

Short and approachable look at doing stuff with AI in a local newsroom: x.com/lenfestinst/st…

I love that the Mirror Indy site has its gift guide up, but also multiple ways to help other people in #Indianapolis via Enrique Saenz, like "How to help Santa fulfill an Indiana child's wishlist" mirrorindy.org/usps-operation…

It's fine, mystical pink light over Denver nothing to worry about denverite.com/2024/11/28/den…

Here's a Tyler Fenwick / Mirror Indy story that gives: a quick understanding of the scale of a civic challenge, an example of an attempt at alleviating it, how to get help, how to give help, a link to an investigative series. Under 450 words. mirrorindy.org/safe-park-indy…

After police shot and killed a 15-year-old, Signal Akron produced an accessible explainer on how the law says the incident will be investigated, along with context on how that process has changed recently signalakron.org/how-will-the-i…

this is huge, and you won’t believe the jobs page 👀